The fallout from Rory McIlroy’s thrilling 2025 Masters win continues.
Days after the Northern Irishman accomplished a profession Grand Slam at Augusta Nationwide, the place he defeated England’s Justin Rose in a one-hole playoff Sunday, feedback made on the event by McIlroy’s ex-fiancée, tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, have circulated on-line.
Wozniacki, now married to former Knicks participant David Lee, with whom she’s anticipating her third little one, spoke with ESPN at Augusta about her Masters expertise and projected a winner not named McIlroy.
“David and I, my husband, we always pick a winner before the tournament starts,” Wozniacki stated, as coated by The Mirror. “We pick one that we think has a big chance of winning, and that was [Ludvig] Åberg.”
Though the feedback stirred buzz given McIlroy’s historical past with Wozniacki — the golfer is claimed to have damaged off the engagement after wedding ceremony invitations had been mailed out in 2014 — the 2018 Australian Open winner has lengthy put that romance within the rearview.
“The Rory stuff is water under the bridge at this point. She was invited to the Masters and she’s a huge sports fan and David is an avid golfer,” a supply informed Us Weekly Monday, including Wozniacki “has moved on with her life.”
Wozniacki, 34, confirmed her romance with Lee, 41, in 2017. They tied the knot two years later.
In the meantime, McIlroy married Erica Stoll in 2017, with the couple welcoming daughter Poppy in 2020.
Stoll and Poppy have been at Augusta on Sunday when McIlroy captured his first inexperienced jacket in an emotional scene.
McIlroy, who reconciled with Stoll final summer season after initially submitting for divorce in Might 2024, embraced his largest followers as he celebrated the profession milestone after a rollercoaster closing spherical.
“There have been factors in my profession the place I didn’t know if I’d have this good garment over my shoulders,’’ McIlroy stated. “I definitely didn’t make it simple. I used to be nervous. It was one of many hardest days I’ve ever had on the golf course.’’
Åberg was in competition all through the week — and at one level was tied for the lead on Sunday — earlier than ending the event with a disastrous triple-bogey that dropped him right into a tie for seventh.
Coming into Sunday, McIlroy had final gained a serious title in 2014 on the PGA Championship.
